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Do to the limited internet access on a moving train and the busy schedule of the trip – I feel behind on the blog post. I’m back in Pittsburgh now, and much more rested. I am going to keep blogging about the trip – I’ve got lots of photos, stories and links to share.

It takes about 18 hours to get from Emeryville, CA to Salt Lake City, UT.

Here is a great photo of the sun starting to set that was taken by Shawn Kolodziej, who is from Minnesota. His project is about financial literacy across the US. You can read about Shawn’s project here.

Train Tracks Photo Credit: Shawn Kolodziej

Friday, August 9th was out first night spent on the train – and it was totally fine. The beds fold down from the walls and were more than comfortable (and I was more than tired and happy to see a bed).

Here is a photo that my fellow passenger, Cameron, took from her bed. (I tried to take a few of my cabin but it is hard to photograph a small space).

For some more great photos of the train – check out this post from the HotelTonight blog. HotelTonight was a sponsor of the trip and sent a representative to join us for a few days on the train.

Salt Lake City

Our itinerary was supposed to include a stop in Salt Lake City, but due to some train logistics, the train was not able to stay in the rail-yard. Some of my fellow passengers got off the train in Salt Lake City during the stop to spend the day in Salt Lake City working on their projects and then they took a flight to Denver to meet up with the train later in the day.

My fellow passengers made some interesting stops in Salt Lake City and I wanted to share the some links:

Matthew Stepp’s project is Energy Innovation Across America. He spent the day in Salt Lake City with the Energy Commercialization Center. One of his stops was at PK Clean, a company in Salt Lake City that is converting plastic waste to oil. You can read about Matthew’s day in Salt Lake City here.